Children are a gift from the Lord

​Child and Youth Protection

St. Nicholas, protector and ​patron saint of children.

Safe Environment Program ProtocolPro­tect­ing Our Chil­dren, What We’re Doing:The Dio­cese of Stock­ton has had a pol­icy to address issues of sex­ual abuse of minors since 1987. This pol­icy has under­gone peri­odic revi­sion, most recently in 2009.For infor­ma­tion on the var­i­ous train­ing com­po­nents and pro­to­cols estab­lished to pro­tect our ​chil­dren and young peo­ple, con­tact the Train­ing Coor­di­na­tor:

Linda Dillen 209/466‑0636

Training protocol for clergy, employees and volunteers who provide direct servicesto or have unsupervised contact with children: As mandated or ethical reporters of child abuse, all clergy, employees and volunteers, before working unsupervised with children, will be required tocomplete the following:

Complete the Live Scan process which includes fingerprinting and background check and receive a clearance from the Safe Environment Training Manager’s Office.

Complete the online training course “Shield the Vulnerable” and present a certificate of completion to the parish Safe Environment Coordinator.

Included in the online training is a condensed version of the "Diocese of Stockton Standards of Conduct for Those Working with Children and Young People", which needs to be reviewed before being able to complete the course.

All Clergy are required to read and sign the Pastoral Code of Conduct.

Train­ing pro­to­col for chil­dren and youth in the Dio­cese of Stock­ton

All chil­dren and youth attend­ing parochial schools within the Dio­cese of Stock­ton, ages K-8, and high school, and also all chil­dren and youth attend­ing reli­gious edu­ca­tion classes within the Dio­cese of Stock­ton will be required to receive the safety cur­ricu­lum. The cur­ricu­lum used is ti­tled Kids and Com­pany; it is age-appropriate and includes reli­gious teach­ings.

The Dio­cese of Stock­ton treats all com­plaints of sex­ual abuse seri­ously and deals with such alle­ga­tions in a con­fi­den­tial, prompt, and thor­ough man­ner with com­pas­sion and con­sid­er­a­tion for all those involved.To make a com­plaint of sex­ual abuse against any­one act­ing in the name of the Catholic Church, you may do so in writ­ing or by tele­phone. Whether the abuse was recent or occurred many years in the past, con­tact:

The Vic­tim Assis­tance Coor­di­na­tor at 209/466‑0636 ext. 604.

Or in writ­ing marked “Con­fi­den­tial” and directed to the atten­tion of the Vic­tim Assis­tance Coordinator at: 212 N. San Joaquin St. Stock­ton, CA. 95202–2409, .